Stem Cell

HI
Are you aware of any one with OVCA having a Stem Cell Transplant?  Is OVCA a disease that this is  helped or cured by this ?
Thanks for your time.
Kathy

[Annekathryn Goodman, M.D.]

Dear Kathy,
Stem cell transplants have pretty much fallen out of favor at this time. There was a tremendous amount of research and clinical trials in the mid 1990s looking at high dose stem cell transplant therapy for ovarian cancer.
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[kathy o]

thanks so much for your answer. You sound like a kind and caring DR. I also admire all the women who put themselves out there to find a cure for our disease. Thanks